| 2021–22 Mestis | |
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| League | Mestis |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | 23 September 2021 – April 2022 |
| Number of teams | 14 |
| Regular season | |
| Best record | Ketterä |
| Runners-up | K-Espoo |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals champions | Ketterä (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | Kiekko-Espoo |
| Mestis seasons | |
The 2021–22 Mestis season was the 22nd season of Mestis, the second highest level of ice hockeyinFinland after Liiga. Therefore, this season there would be 14 teams.[1]
| Team | City | Home arena, capacity | Founded | Head coach |
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| FPS | Forssa | Forssa Ice Hall, 3,000 | 1931 |  Asko Rantanen
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| Hermes | Kokkola | Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 | 1953 | Jere Härkälä
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| Hokki | Kajaani | Kajaanin jäähalli, 2,372 | 1968 | Pasi Räsänen
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| IPK | Iisalmi | Kankaan jäähalli, 1,358 | 1966 | Niko Härkönen
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| JoKP | Joensuu | PKS Areena, 4,800 | 1953 | Kari Martikainen
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| Ketterä | Imatra | Imatra Spa Areena, 1,200 | 1957 | Tuomo Ropo
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| KeuPa HT | Keuruu | Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 | 1995 | Tomas Westerlund
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| K-Espoo | Espoo | Espoo Metro Areena, 6,982 | 2018 | Kim Hirschovits
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| K-Vantaa | Vantaa | Trio Areena, 2,004 | 1994 | Mika Niskanen
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| KOOVEE | Tampere | Tampere Ice Stadium, 7,300 | 1929 | Vesa Viitakoski
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| Peliitat | Heinola | Versowood Areena, 2,686 | 1984 | Hannes Hyvönen
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| RoKi | Rovaniemi | Lappi Areena, 3,500 | 1979 | Maso Lehtonen
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| SaPKo | Savonlinna | Talvisalo ice rink, 2,833 | 1929 | Juho Nykänen[2]
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| TUTO Hockey | Turku | Kupittaan jäähalli, 3,000 | 1929 | Antti Virtanen
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Final Result |
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| 1 | Ketterä | 52 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 191 | 132 | +59 | .686 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | K-Espoo | 52 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 158 | 126 | +32 | .641 | |
| 3 | JoKP | 52 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 182 | 129 | +53 | .628 | |
| 4 | FPS | 52 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 170 | 152 | +18 | .564 | |
| 5 | KeuPa HT | 52 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 165 | 170 | −5 | .513 | |
| 6 | RoKi | 52 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 152 | 161 | −9 | .513 | |
| 7 | Hokki | 52 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 152 | 155 | −3 | .506 | Advance to Wild-card round |
| 8 | IPK | 52 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 143 | 151 | −8 | .487 | |
| 9 | Hermes | 52 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 142 | 151 | −9 | .455 | |
| 10 | K-Vantaa | 52 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 146 | 172 | −26 | .455 | |
| 11 | TUTO Hockey | 52 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 145 | 145 | 0 | .442 | Qualification to relegation playoffs |
| 12 | SaPKo | 52 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 143 | 159 | −16 | .423 | |
| 13 | Peliitat | 52 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 132 | 163 | −31 | .378 | |
| 14 | KOOVEE | 52 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 130 | 185 | −55 | .308 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points-per-game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Penalty minutes.[3]
Playoffs are being played in four stages. Wild-card round is a best-of-3 series, with the quarter-finals, the semifinals and the final being best-of-7 series. The teams are reseeded after the first two stages, so that the best team by regular season performance to make the quarter-finals and the semifinals faces the worst team in the corresponding stage.
| Wild-card round (best-of-3) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ketterä | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Hokki | 2 | 8 | IPK | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | K-Vantaa | 1 | 1 | Ketterä | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | RoKi | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | K-Espoo | 4 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Hokki | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ketterä | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | K-Espoo | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | JoKP | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | IPK | 2 | 6 | RoKi | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Hermes | 0 | 2 | K-Espoo | 4 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||||
| 4 | FPS | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | FPS | 4 | 6 | RoKi | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | KeuPa HT | 3 | 4 | FPS | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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| 27 April 2022 18:30 EEST | FPS | 2–3 OT2 (0–0, 2–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–0, 0–1) | RoKi | Forssa Ice Hall, Forssa Attendance: 912 |
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| Petrus Lintonen | Goalies | Vilho Heikkinen | Referees: Ville-Veikko Väkeväinen Janne Wuorenheimo Linesmen: Luka Mäkinen Niko Nurmio | ||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 16 min | |||||||||||||||
| 64 | Shots | 69 | |||||||||||||||
| 27 April 2022 18:30 EEST | Ketterä | 4–1 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0) score in the series: 1–0 | K-Espoo | Imatra Spa Areena, Imatra Attendance: 842 |
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| Santeri Lipiäinen | Goalies | Jani Lampinen | Referees: Henri Neva Mikko Silvennoinen Linesmen: Juho-Pekka Inkinen Teo Mäkinen | ||||||||||||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 16 min | |||||||||||||||
| 71 | Shots | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| 29 April 2022 18:30 EEST | K-Espoo | 5–2 (1–2, 0–0, 4–0) score in the series: 1–1 | Ketterä | Tapiolan urheilupuisto, Espoo Attendance: 2,301 |
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| Jani Lampinen | Goalies | Santeri Lipiäinen | Referees: Antti Hölli Jonne Mäkisalo Linesmen: Joonas Jalonen Miro Skinnarla | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 35 | Shots | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 April 2022 17:00 EEST | Ketterä | 3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0) score in the series: 2–1 | K-Espoo | Imatra Spa Areena, Imatra Attendance: 1,032 |
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| Santeri Lipiäinen | Goalies | Jani Lampinen | Referees: Jani Pesonen Ville-Veikko Väkeväinen Linesmen: Luka Mäkinen Niko Nurmio | ||||||||
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| 0 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||
| 38 | Shots | 34 | |||||||||
| 2 May 2022 18:30 EEST | K-Espoo | 1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0) score in the series: 1–3 | Ketterä | Tapiolan urheilupuisto, Espoo Attendance: 2,514 |
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| Jani Lampinen | Goalies | Santeri Lipiäinen | Referees: Antti Hölli Jonne Mäkisalo Linesmen: Joonas Jalonen Miro Skinnarla | ||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||
| 29 | Shots | 36 | |||||||||
| 4 May 2022 18:30 EEST | Ketterä | 4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0) score in the series: 4–1 | K-Espoo | Imatra Spa Areena, Imatra Attendance: 1,350 |
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| Santeri Lipiäinen | Goalies | Jani Lampinen | Referees: Jani Pesonen Ville-Veikko Väkeväinen Linesmen: Luka Mäkinen Niko Nurmio | ||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||
| 39 | Shots | 29 | |||||||||||||||
The bottom four teams will face the top two teams from Suomi-sarja in a double round-robin format. The four best placed get a place in Mestis for the next season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Result |
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| 1 | TUTO Hockey | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 20 | +27 | 27 | Qualified for 2022-2023 Mestis season |
| 2 | Peliitat | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 20 | |
| 3 | SaPKo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 16 | |
| 4 | KOOVEE | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 13 | |
| 5 | JHT Kalajoki | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 51 | −24 | 8 | Relegated to Suomi-sarja |
| 6 | D-Kiekko | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 51 | −28 | 6 |
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Ketterä |
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K-Espoo |
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RoKi |
| 4 | FPS |
| 5 | JoKP |
| 6 | KeuPa HT |
| 7 | Hokki |
| 8 | IPK |
| 9 | Hermes |
| 10 | K-Vantaa |
| 11 | TUTO Hockey |
| 12 | SaPKo |
| 13 | Peliitat |
| 14 | KOOVEE |
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